We have all been learning a lot about St Dominic de Guzman who started the Dominican order and our school is a Dominican school. We have also been learning about Rose of Lima and Catherine of Siena who are the Saints for our houses.

Tuesday, 6 February 2018

On Monday 5th February the Sport Activators came to have some fun with us - helping us to develop some fundamental skills which will help us as we grow and pick up techniques used for different sports.

We played "Flip Hoop" where we had to use our hand-eye co-ordination to get an object into our hoop. If we achieved the shot we could flip our hoop over so it was further away and then attempt again at a greater distance, some of us almost got to the other side of the hall!

After this we played "Turtle Tag" which required us to work together as a team and be aware of our surroundings. This was so much fun, most of us chose this as our favourite activity of the day.

Thanks Sport Activators for coming to teach us some awesome new games and skills.

We have spent a bit of time learning about our 'Superhero' theme and what this means for us in Room Tui. Since starting school we have been working on a couple of different superhero themed art works and discussing what 'super powers' we have.

Please come and check out our finished 'Welcome Wall' at the entrance to our class to see what these 'powers' are - you might find you have these powers too!

We also have some amazing superhero paper/dye art hanging in our class for you to enjoy...Here is a preview of some of us creating our art...

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

This afternoon Kiwi class used water colour paints to create our unique balloon. Under the balloons it says, "I’m off to great places! This year I hope to..." We are writing something we want to achieve this year. Watch out for these on the wall soon.

Thursday, 25 January 2018

Welcome to JH2 2018, we are a new and enthusiastic team ready for a fantastic year with your children. This year we have decided to name our classrooms Tui and Kiwi. Tui for Mrs McRae and Kiwi for Miss Tangney and Mrs Klenner.

The children are our top priority and as such we are grouping them according to their needs. This means children will be moving between classes for Religious Education, Mathematics and Reading - these movements will begin in week 2.

We are fortunate to have Morgan as the Whitestone Community of Learning facilitator. This means Morgan will be teaching Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9-12.30 and Lena will teach every afternoon and all day Wednesday.

Our P.E time is Friday afternoon - please wear your sports uniform to school this day.

Our library time is Wednesday afternoon.

Please remember to refer to our Blog for our learning experiences throughout the term.

Make sure you read the email from Mrs Francis-Rees for further information.

If you have any questions please feel free to come and see us or email us at school.

We cannot wait to see you all on Tuesday morning, ready for some fun and learning.